Infant&#39;s belt



Oct. 12, 1943. F. c. JOHNSTONE 2,331,783

INFANTS BELT Filed May 13, 1942 INVENTOR. Tisunnrs QJOHNSTONE.

Patented Get. 12, 1943 hearse STATE Parent QFWCE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to an infants belt for the purpose of restraininga baby in a chair or crib or the like.

An object of my invention is to provide a simple ing the point ofattachment between the ties of the belt. An openended cuff ll and I2 isattached to the inner end of the ties l and 8,'

r spectively. These cufis are preferably stitched to the ties, althoughany suitable method of atand easily attached infants belt, which alsoin- 5 tachment may be employed. The ties 1 and 8 eludes means wherebythe childs hands can be extend slightly beyond the loops 9 and Ill,rerestrained, and the child is thus prevented from spectively, and thecuifs are attached to this exinterfering with the food or the feedingprocess. tended portion of the ties, so that the childs Another objectof my invention is to provide a hands will have a slight movementpermitting novel infants belt of the character stated, which 10 thechild to move its hands and play with a toy also includes ties by meansof which the child or the like. i can be restrained in a chair or acrib. A pair of laces l3 and M are stitched to the A feature of myinvention resides in the confree ends of the cufis I I and i2,respectively, and struction of the belt, including the wrist cuffs theselaces are tied around the wrist of the which permit the child to moveits hands somechild, thus holding the cult in position, and rewhat, eventhough restrained, and also permit straining the childs arms duringfeeding. th child to hold atoy. In actual use, I have found that thechild Other objects, advantages and features of inis prevented fromplaying with the feeding dish, Vention may appear from the accompanyingand its hands are sufiiciently restrained for this drawing, thesubjoined detailed description and purpose. However, some movement ispermitted, the appended claims. so that the child will not fret. 1

In the drawing: Having described my invention, I claim: Figure 1 is afragmentary side elevation of the 1. An infants belt comprising anelongated outside of the belt. waist encircling band, the free endportions there- Figure 2 is a side elevation of the inside of the ofbeing disposed in overlapping relation when belt. the belt is worn,means for adjustably securing Figure 3 is a perspective View of thebelt. the overlapping ends of the band together, a Referring mo e particlarly to the win y pair of tie strips stitched adjacent their inner beltincludes n elongated p Which y he ends to the band at each side thereof,wrist enmade of cloth or other materials which are sufii' circling cuifsattached at their ends to the reciently soft to prevent injury to thechild. A p spective free inner ends of the tie strips, the outer ralityof spaced eyelets 2 are Provided at One end ends of the cuffs beingopen, and tie strings formof the strip, a d a p ty of eyelets 3 are prO-ing closure mean for the open outer ends of each vided at its other end.cufi. A hook 4 is attached to one end of the belt and 2. An infants beltcomprising an elongate a hook 5 to the other end. The hook 4 engageswaist encircling band, the free end portions the y ets 3, and the hook 5enga es the eyelets thereof being disposed in overlapping relation whenthe belt encircles the waist of a child, when thebelt is worn, each freeendportion of thus adjustably attaching the belt and also the band beingprovided with a plurality of spaced 'abling the same to be attached qu cy and easily. 40 eyelets, a hook on each endof the band engage- TOPrevent jury to the child from the hook 5, able with the adjacent eyeletwhen the free ends a lining strip 8 is stitched to the inside of thebelt, of the band are disposed in overlapping relation and this liningtrip extends over the eyelets 2, for adjustably securing the overlappingends of but not over the eyelets 3. Ties 1 and 8 are atthe bandtogether, a pair of tie strips stitched tached, one on each side of thebelt, substantially adjacent th i inner ends t t band t each as shown,for the purpose of attaching the belt side thereof, wrist encirclingcuffs attached at to a chair, crib, or the like. their ends to therespective free inner ends of the Reinforcing loops 9 and I0 arestitched to the tie strips, the outer ends of the cuffs being open, beltand over the point of contact of the ties and tie strings formingclosure means for the open I and 8, respectively, for the purpose ofreinforcouterends. of eachcuff.

FLEURETTE CRETTAZ JQHNSTONE.

